2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's marathon explained

The Men's Marathon at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 22, 2009 in the streets of Berlin, Germany.

Medalists

Gold
Silver
Bronze	Tsegay Kebede  (ETH)

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
WL	world leading
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing top times prior to the 2009 World Athletics Championships
		2:03:59	28-09-2008
		2:08:31	30-08-2003
		2:04:27	05-04-2009
Standing continental records prior to the 2009 World Athletics Championships
		2:03:59	28-09-2008
		2:06:16	13-10-2002
		2:05:38	14-05-2002
		2:06:05	20-09-1998
		2:06:36	16-04-2000
		2:07:51	21-04-1986
Broken records at the 2009 World Athletics Championships
		2:06:54	22-08-2009

Intermediates

Intermediate	Athlete	Country	Mark
5 km			15:09
10 km			30:08
15 km			44:57
20 km			59:42
Half Marathon			1:03:03
25 km			1:14:38
30 km			1:29:43
35 km			1:44:56
40 km			2:00:10

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
			2:06:54	CR
			2:07:48
			2:08:35
			2:08:42
			2:10:46	SB
			2:12:05
			2:12:12
			2:14:04	SB
			2:14:05	PB
10			2:14:06
11			2:14:06
12			2:14:39	SB
13			2:14:48
14			2:14:54	SB
15			2:15:09
16			2:15:13	SB
17			2:15:28	SB
18			2:15:36
19			2:15:39	PB
20			2:15:40
21			2:16:05
22			2:16:20	SB
23			2:16:40
24			2:16:49	SB
25			2:16:53	PB
26			2:17:01
27			2:17:04
28			2:17:11
29			2:17:22	SB
30			2:17:29	SB
31			2:17:47	SB
32			2:17:53	SB
33			2:18:00	SB
34			2:18:08
35			2:18:37	SB
36			2:18:41	SB
37			2:18:55
38			2:19:32	SB
39			2:19:59
40			2:20:11
41			2:20:24
42			2:20:25	SB
43			2:21:12
44			2:21:19
45			2:21:54	SB
46			2:21:57	SB
47			2:22:00	SB
48			2:22:16
49			2:22:36
50			2:22:48
51			2:23:34	SB
52			2:24:48
53			2:25:12
54			2:25:26
55			2:25:40	SB
56			2:25:52	SB
57			2:26:02
58			2:27:16	SB
59			2:28:48
60			2:31:06	SB
61			2:31:32	SB
62			2:32:16	SB
63			2:34:58
64			2:35:12
65			2:35:43
66			2:36:39
67			2:39:51
68			2:40:47
69			2:47:55	NR
			(2:21:47)	DQ (doping)
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNF
				DNS
				DNS
				DNS
				DNS
				DNS
				DNS
				DNS

See also

• 2009 World Marathon Cup

References

• Marathon results (Archived 2009-09-08). IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-16.